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Percy L. Crosby Skippy Historic First Comic Strip Original Art (Life Magazine, 1923)
Auction: 04/26/2025 - 4/27/2025
Lot: 51040
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1891 Brooklyn, New York - 1964. Known for: Cartoonist, landscape.
Percy Crosby was a creator of oil paintings, watercolors, and sculpture, as well as poems, fiction, and nonfiction. He was an expert in recording the flow of motion in his ink drawings and... Read full biography
Percy Crosby was a creator of oil paintings, watercolors, and sculpture, as well as poems, fiction, and nonfiction. He was an expert in recording the flow of motion in his ink drawings and watercolors. Crosby made his mark with his cartoon Skippy, about a mischievous, yet philosophical kid, loosely... Read full biography
Percy Crosby was a creator of oil paintings, watercolors, and sculpture, as well as poems, fiction, and nonfiction. He was an expert in recording the flow of motion in his ink drawings and watercolors. Crosby made his mark with his cartoon Skippy, about a mischievous, yet philosophical kid, loosely drawn in a sketchy, effortless manner. At the peak of its popularity the strip ran on the front page of the New York American. Crosby was born in Brooklyn and grew up in Richmond Hill, Long Island.... Read full biography
Percy Crosby was a creator of oil paintings, watercolors, and sculpture, as well as poems, fiction, and nonfiction. He was an expert in recording the flow of motion in his ink drawings and watercolors. Crosby made his mark with his cartoon Skippy, about a mischievous, yet philosophical kid, loosely drawn in a sketchy, effortless manner. At the peak of its popularity the strip ran on the front page of the New York American. Crosby was born in Brooklyn and grew up in Richmond Hill, Long Island. He dropped out of high school to work as an office boy in the art department of the popular Delineator magazine, sold an idea to Life when he was 16 years old, worked as a newspaper sketch artist at 19. He then attended Pratt Institute and the Art... Read full biography
Percy Crosby was a creator of oil paintings, watercolors, and sculpture, as well as poems, fiction, and nonfiction. He was an expert in recording the flow of motion in his ink drawings and watercolors. Crosby made his mark with his cartoon Skippy, about a mischievous, yet philosophical kid, loosely drawn in a sketchy, effortless manner. At the peak of its popularity the strip ran on the front page of the New York American. Crosby was born in Brooklyn and grew up in Richmond Hill, Long Island. He dropped out of high school to work as an office boy in the art department of the popular Delineator magazine, sold an idea to Life when he was 16 years old, worked as a newspaper sketch artist at 19. He then attended Pratt Institute and the Art Students League, and began drawing strips for the New York World. After doing such titles as Toddles and Beany and the Gang, he settled in with th... Read full biography
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Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeSkippy Historic First Comic Strip Original Art
Percy Crosby Auction: 11/21/2013 - 11/22/2013Lot: 92089Subscribe or get free alerts
Art images copyright© of artist or assigneePercy Crosby Life Magazine Painting Original Art (c. 1920s)
Percy Crosby Auction: 10/12/2024 - 10/13/2024Lot: 52106Subscribe or get free alerts
Art images copyright© of artist or assigneePercy Crosby Life Magazine Painting Original Art
Percy Crosby Auction: 11/19/2015 - 11/21/2015Lot: 93386Subscribe or get free alerts
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